"What we have to remember is that not everything is under our control. If people are free in any meaningful sense of the word, that means they are at liberty to foul up their lives as much as make something grand of them. That's a gamble we all take. That's the risk of liberty. Nobody wants others to screw up their lives, but each must be free to do so for themselves."

“I love smart commercial fiction. Susan Isaacs, for example and the readers who interest me are, in the preponderance, women. I am one of them; I like the books they like.”

“Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place.”

“The definition of deism is the philosophical idea of God as a first cause of the universe, who lays down the laws of nature and lets them run like clockwork, indifferent to the fate of the people subject to them.”

“Reflection is one of the most underused yet powerful tools for success.”

Source : Richard Carlson (1998). “Don't Worry, Make Money: Spiritual and Practical Ways to Create Abundance and More Fun in Your Life”, Hyperion Books

“Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.”

Source : Anne Frank (2008). “Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex: A Collection of Her Short Stories, Fables, and Lesser-Known Writings, Revised Edition”, p.114, Bantam

“I can think of no greater disaster to this country than to have the voters of it divide upon religious lines.”

“Why should we give God thanks? Because everything we have comes from God.”

“No marriage or family, no ward or stake is likely to reach its full potential until husbands and wives, mothers and fathers, men and women work together in unity of purpose.”